Tag: email charter

This really deserves an entire post (which may happen). But the gist is this. You don’t do something just because you can do it or it’s cheapest to hire yourself to do it or even easy for you to do it. By it, I mean build your website, manage your back office accounting, draft documents that are essentially templates (and a lot of other things). You do the work under the following circumstances. You need to be Mario Batali.

Because people (clients) will notice when you do it. That might mean that they notice your presence, or they notice the unique nature of what you create (your art) or they will notice that you’ve learned something doing this when it leads to you doing something great later on. Mario Batali doesn’t cook for 99% of his customers (physically impossible), and they can’t tell. And he doesn’t design 99% (or 5%, I have no idea) of his recipes, because we can’t tell. In fact, the only thing people can tell is that it’s him on the TV, and that his decisions are guiding what his organization does next.

-Seth Godin

And here’s a list of some things that you can start outsourcing today.

And here’s another thing. Scheduling with lawyers is often a nightmare. Get some help.

I learned about “lollipop moments” from this lawyer’s blog. I love this idea.

Every lawyer should have this quote framed and on the wall. Where it can be seen at all times.

If you ever worry that you’re the only one who doesn’t measure up, guess what? You’re wrong. Way wrong. (Especially relevant for lawyers who are often prone to a superiority/inferiority complex unique to our profession.)

The EMAIL CHARTER. I’ve done 1, and now 2. You?

Back to the opening theme of this week’s links. Want to grow your practice? Be happy? Then you must learn how to delegate. Try the 70% rule on for size.

I continue to be baffled by the fact that so many lawyers are baffled by this truth. A law practice is a business. Until (and unless) you learn how to delegate and make really good decisions about the work you do (and the work you don’t do), then you’re going to spend more time running your business than practicing law. A good wrap up on today’s theme, I do believe.

Links I like is a semi-regular Friday feature on Inspired Law Blog, and like all other posts, is written by Caitlin (Cat) Moon, a consultant and coach to lawyers and other driven people who want to design inspired ways to work.